Endangered bonobo babies have been born at a UK zoo, giving hope for conservation and delighting visitors with their playful antics.

Zeke also hangs upside down from man-made vines, grasping them with his feet. And that’s typical, too — for a bonobo. Findley, a zoology major at Miami, is spending her summer studying bonobo behavior ...

New research suggests that male bonobos exhibit aggressive behaviors such as chasing, charging, hitting and kicking more often than scientists thought. Anup Shah via Getty Images Bonobos aren’t as ...

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The beautiful woman on the book jacket cavorting with a baby bonobo might make Bonobo Handshake look like family-friendly fare. But primatologist Vanessa Woods' powerful new memoir is no Curious ...

New research finds that bonobo mothers take action to ensure their sons will become fathers. This way bonobo mothers increase their sons' chance of fatherhood three-fold. In many social animal species ...

Bonobos, close relatives of chimpanzees that dwell along the Congo River in Central Africa, are a notable exception to the idea that nature is inherently “red in tooth and claw.” They are highly ...